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A suspected forgery from September 2013 concluded with an arrest on Feb. 18.

On Sept. 16, 2013, a 42-year-old Jacksonville Beach woman with a $1.39 balance in her checking account drove up to the Jacksonville Beach Sun Trust Bank and deposited a $3,700 check. Three days later, a surveillance camera recorded the same woman withdrawing $3,905 in cash from a drive-through teller.

On Sept. 23, the check was returned marked “No Account/Unable to Locate.” The total loss to Sun Trust Bank was $3,687.13. Police contacted the woman listed on the check who said neither she nor her husband had ever endorsed that numbered check. The account was also closed some time ago, according to the couple. Both of them claimed not to know the Jacksonville Beach woman, and it was unclear how she came into possession of one of the couple’s checks.

On Jan. 27, a criminal demand letter was sent to the Jacksonville Beach woman, who responded to emails and phone calls but denied any wrongdoing.

On Feb. 18, the woman agreed to talk to police without an attorney present. According to officers, the woman’s story changed several times during the interview. She was charged with felony check forgery; an officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office escorted her to the county jail.

ATLANTIC BEACH

■ On Feb. 23 at 2:24 a.m., an Atlantic Beach officer was working an off-duty job at Ragtime Tavern at 207 Atlantic Blvd. when he witnessed a 30-year-old Jacksonville man back out of a parking space on the 200 block of Atlantic Boulevard and get struck by another car. The female driver of the other vehicle was determined to be at fault in the accident; however, the officer observed the man’s alleged bloodshot eyes and swaying. The officer began conducting a DUI investigation.

The man told police that he started drinking at 11 p.m. and stopped at 1 a.m. The man performed poorly on field sobriety exams, and was taken to the Duval County Jail.

■ Around 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 23, a 20-year-old Jacksonville man — wearing only his underwear in the lobby of the Atlantic Beach Best Western motel — was cause for police interference. A warrant check of the man revealed that he had two outstanding warrants for his arrest, one for felony uttering. He was arrested on both warrants and driven to the county jail.

NEPTUNE BEACH

■ Four witnesses to a single-car crash at the intersection of Strand Street and Florida Boulevard gave police an account of the sequence of events on Feb. 22 at 5:05 p.m.

According to witnesses, a 26-year-old Sebastian man was riding in the bed of a rapidly accelerating pickup truck as it traveled down Strand Street. At the Florida Boulevard intersection, the driver failed to stop, and the truck bottomed out, ejecting the 26-year-old from the truck. The man sustained serious injuries from being thrown. One witness supported the man’s head and neck. Two passengers and the driver got out of the truck. Once the witness yelled for others to take down the plate number of the truck, the driver climbed back into the truck and sped off. The victim, who suffered a concussion, was taken to the Trauma Center at UF Health Jacksonville. When he regained consciousness, he couldn’t remember the actual crash or why the driver was speeding.

The front seat passenger at the scene said that the group in the truck was on their way to meet a friend who had a surfboard to sell. He gave police a phone number for the driver.

Pieces of black plastic were recovered from the crash site.

On Feb. 23, the truck, a black Chevrolet Colorado, was discovered at a Neptune Beach house belonging to the driver’s brother. Since the truck was involved in a felony, it was seized.

The investigation and efforts to locate the driver are ongoing.

■ On Feb. 22, just after noon, a Neptune Beach officer was dispatched to the Proctor Ace Hardware store at 580 Atlantic Blvd. after a stolen credit card was used earlier in the month.

A store manager said that an unknown male suspect entered the store on Feb. 1 and purchased a chainsaw with a credit card that he claimed belonged to his boss which he had permission to use.

On Feb. 10, Merchant Services Credit Card Processing Company called the hardware store to notify staff that the credit card was stolen and payment had been halted.

The telephone number the man gave during the purchase didn’t exist. The man also gave a Daytona Beach address with a street name that doesn’t exist in the city. The chainsaw’s serial number was entered into the Florida and National Crime Information Center.

■ A 54-year-old Neptune Beach woman called police on Feb. 23 at 9:30 a.m. after she discovered bullet holes in her silver Honda. One hole was located in the rear door of the vehicle under the window while the other hole was found in the back of the rear passenger seat. Bullet fragments embedded in the rear seat were recovered.

The woman said that her car had been parked at her Florida Boulevard address since 10 p.m. the previous night. She also told police that she didn’t know of anyone that would shoot at her. No reports of gunfire turned up in the area. The case was suspended.

JACKSONVILLE BEACH

■ Officers handed out six citations to individuals found drinking alcoholic beverages on the beach proper on Feb. 22 from 1:40 a.m. to 2:55 p.m. In each case, officers said that the containers were in plain sight. All six were given notices to appear.

■ On Feb. 21 at 12:06 p.m., witnesses in the 300 block of Marsh Landing Parkway saw a 22-year-old Jacksonville man pull a claw hammer and baseball bat out of his car and threaten another male in the parking lot. Officers arrived to find the suspect sitting in Firehouse Subs, while the victim had driven away. Initially, the man agreed to show officers the hammer and bat in the trunk of his car, then pulled away and began resisting before he opened the trunk. He was arrested, charged with aggravated assault and taken to the Duval County Jail.

■ A man carrying a black chair and walking westbound on the 100 block of Second Avenue South drew the attention of police on Feb. 20 at 12:37 a.m. When police approached him, the man, a 35-year-old from Orange Park, threw the chair into the dirt and began yelling profanities. He was unable to tell police where he got the chair. He then stumbled into the intersection, and police arrested him for disorderly conduct.

A search of his person at the Duval County Jail revealed a small baggie of a cocaine-based powder substance.

■ A 51-year-old Jacksonville Beach woman entered the Marsh Landing Parkway Target store at about 1 p.m. on Feb. 17, grabbing handfuls of costume jewelry and placing them into a shopping cart.

A loss prevention officer began following the woman into the cosmetics aisle, where she removed bronzer and powder from packaging and placed them in her purse.

The woman was confronted as she tried to leave the store and was taken to an office, where the stolen items were found in her purse. The stolen jewelry and cosmetics totaled $942.94. She was transported to the Duval County Jail.